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Sunny brought me my beautiful internet wisdom of the day!

"One of the worst ways to stop someone from telling sexist jokes is to tell him the joke isn’t funny. He’ll assume that you’re humorless and that he needs to save the good stuff for the right audience. If you really want someone to stop telling sexist jokes, you need to tell him, “I don’t get it” and then step back as he tries not to say, “It’s funny because women are stupid.""

Date: 2012-07-23 08:00 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] admnaismith.livejournal.com
http://now.msn.com/women-score-higher-on-iq-tests-for-first-time-ever

Also: How many haters does it take to change a light bulb?

Answer: None, because they won't do it. Change confuses and frightens them, even when it makes the world a brighter place.

Date: 2012-07-23 08:38 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] charlycrash.livejournal.com
I can't see that page, but I know of one major IQ study from quite a few years ago now which gave, IMS, a 0.12 of an IQ point lead to women.

Iirc, the main difference that's been found is in standard deviation, with women having a lower SD in IQ scores than men. There seems to be a fair bit of bad science in gender studies though, so I couldn't say how strong that evidence is.

Date: 2012-07-23 08:42 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] charlycrash.livejournal.com
Although that said, I seem to remember the difference has been found fairly consistently and is quite marked, with something like a 4:1 ratio of men:women with IQs under 60 and over 140.

But if it is bullshit created in the lab, it wouldn't surprise me: I also know of one other major IQ study, a meta-analysis, which was roundly criticised for only using studies which gave an IQ lead for men to form the overall result.

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